WEST VIRGINIA.

Water Supplies-Direct Connections Between Polluted Water and Safe Drinking Water Prohibited. (Reg. Dept. of H., Apr. 14, 1920.)

On and after January 1, 1920, no direct connections between polluted or contaminated sources of water and water used for drinking purposes shall be permitted. This regulation requires the abandonment of all connections through check valves, gate valves, or other form of direct connection. Under certain conditions, depending upon the discretion of the State department of health, connections may be allowed through two valves with an open drain between, the open drain to be closed in case of an emergency. Such connections, however, shall be permitted only when adequate provision is made for disinfecting the polluted water supply in case it becames necessary to employ it in an emergency.

Water Supplies-Report Required of Use of Any By-Pass Permitting Certain Untreated Water to Pass into Water Mains. (Reg. Dept. of H., Apr. 14, 1920.)

On and after July 1, 1919, the State department of health shall be notified by telegraph and confirmed at once in writing of the use of any by-pass permitting unfiltered or untreated water of a different character from that ordinarily supplied the community to pass into the water mains.

Waterworks-Monthly Reports on Operation of, Required. (Reg. Dept. of H., Apr. 14, 1920.)

It is hereby required that on and after June 1, 1919, any person, persons, firm, corporation, municipality, or other body operating any plant for supplying drinking water to citizens of the State of West Virginia shall furnish the State department of health an accurate report of operation for each month on or before the 15th of the month following. These reports shall be submitted upon blanks furnished by the State department of health and shall contain such information as is required by that department and shown on the blanks to be furnished by it.

Swimming Pools, Public Bathhouses, and Bathing or Swimming PlacesConstruction, Alteration, Operation, or Maintenance. (Reg. Dept. of H., Apr. 14 1920.)

SECTION 1. On and after June 1, 1919, it shall be the duty of any person, persons, firm, corporation, institution or municipality in any district, town, city, county, or city and county to obtain from the State department of health a permit to construct or to add to or modify, or to operate or to continue to operate, any swimming pool, public bathhouse, bathing or swimming place, or any structure intended to be used for swimming or bathing purposes. This permit shall be obtained in the following manner: Any person, persons, firm, corporation, institution or municipality desiring to construct, add to or modify, or to operate

and maintain any swimming pool, public bathhouse, bathing or swimming places, or structures intended to be used for swimming or bathing purposes within the State of West Virginia shall file application for permission so to do with the State department of health, which application shall be accompanied by detailed maps, drawings, specifications and description of the structure, its appurtenances and operation, description of the source or sources of water supply, amount and quality of water available and intended to be used, method and manner of water purification, treatment, diisinfection, heating, regulating and cleaning; life-saving apparatus, and measures to insure safety of bathers; measures to insure personal cleanliness of bathers; method and manner of washing, disinfecting, drying and storing bathing apparel and towels, and all other information and statistics that may be required by the State department of health; whereupon the State department of health shall cause an investigation to be made of the proposed or existing pool or public bathing place and if it shall determine as a fact that the same is or may reasonably be expected to become unclean or insanitary or may constitute a menace to public health, it shall deny the application for permit; if it shall determine as a fact that the same is or may reasonably be expected to be conducted continuously in a clean and sanitary manner and will not constitute a menace to public health, it shall grant the application for permit under such restrictions as it shall deem proper.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of this act [sic] the State department of health or its inspectors shall at any and all reasonable times have full power and authority to, and shall be permitted to, enter upon any and all parts of the premises of such bathing and swimming places to make examination and investigation to determine the sanitary condition of such places and whether the provisions of this regulation or other rules and regulations of the State department of health pertaining thereto are being violated.

SEC. 3. Any permit granted by the State department of health as provided in this regulation shall be revocable or subject to suspension at any time by formal action of the State department of health if it shall determine as a fact that the swimming or bathing place or places are being conducted in a manner insanitary, unclean, or dangerous to public health.

SEC. 4. Any swimming pool, public swimming or bathing place or places, constructed, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this regulation are hereby declared to be public nuisances, dangerous to health.

SEC. 5. Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal or agent, employer or employee, who violates any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and each day the conditions or actions, in violation of this act [sic], shall continue, shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense, and for each offense, upon conviction, he shall be punished by a fine, as provided for in the health code, of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Chemical Closets and Dry Closets in School Buildings-Requirements Pertaining to. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 29, 1920.)

SECTION 1. Legal effects.-Rules and regulations herein presented, and known as chemical and dry closet requirements for school buildings, were adopted by the Wisconsin State Board of Health on June 29, 1920, and published in the official State paper on July 19, 1920. Under the provisions of section 1407a-6 of the Statutes, these rules and regulations have the force and effect of law.

SEC. 2. Right to amend or modify reserved.-The State board of health, in accordance with the law, reserves the right to repeal, amend, or modify these rules and regulations should experience demonstrate that to do so is necessary for proper sanitation.

CHEMICAL CLOSETS.

SEC. 3. Application. Plans and permission to install.—(A) Before any type of chemical closet is installed in any school building the school board of that district or its legal representative shall make application to the State board of health, on a form furnished by or approved by said board, for permission to install such toilet, giving the size and description of the school building and other existing conditions affecting the installation, also the source and type of water supply or lack of such supply, the character of the soil, the lay of the land, and the type of chemical closet to be installed.

(B) The plans and specifications of the building and of the chemical closet system so submitted for approval shall be sufficiently detailed, cross-sectioned, etc., to enable the department to pass on the various essentials outlined herein and on items 1 to 9, inclusive, of the application blank.

Note.-Order 5008 of the State building code requires that two complete sets of plans and specifications for new building be submitted to the industrial commission for approval. Plans so submitted will be referred by that department to the State board of health for approval of toilet requirements.

(C) Under the law the State board of health reserves the right to reject any and all types of closets and may prohibit the installation of any such closet when in its judgment such prohibition is wise, and in giving permission for the installation of chemical toilets the State board of health does not assume responsibility for the satisfactory operation of the installation, in whole or in part, but reserves the right to order its removal should conditions dangerous to health or otherwise objectionable arise therefrom.

SEC. 4. Design, materials, construction.—(A) The bowl must be of good grade vitreous china or such other material as may hereafter be approved, plain and sanitary, with connection to vent pipe at the top, equipped with a good grade self-closing seat and cover, so constructed as to insure sanitary operation and durability.

(B) The urinal bowl. The urinal must be of good grade vitreous china or such other material as may hereafter be approved, and of such design and

construction that it can be kept clean. The top shall be equipped with a suitable vent pipe connection. The cover must be self-closing, constructed of suitable light weight material that will withstand the action of urine and can be keep clean. It shall be attached to the bowl by means of a substantial hinge and equipped with an adequate foot or hand operating device so designed as to make for easy operation and proper sanitation.

SEC. 5. Connecting tube.-(A) The connecting tube between the bowl and tank must be made of the best available material to withstand corrosion and effect of urine, such as high grade iron coated with lasting, noncorrosive, nonabsorbent material, lead or copper of adequate weight, or other approved material.

(B) The tube must be free from offsets and extend into the tank a sufficient distance so as to prevent urine from coming in contact with the upper walls of the tank. See subsection (D) of section 7.

(C) The tank tube for closet bowls must not be less than 11 inches and for urinal of the pedestal type not less than 6 inches, inside diameter, and the joints between the bowl and tube and tank and tube shall be made as described in sections 8 (A) and 9 (D).

SEC. 6. Ventilating pipes.—(A) Ventilating pipes must be of substantial material, properly jointed, and of a quality capable of withstanding the action of moisture and gases, and so designed and arranged as to give proper ventilation regardless of atmospheric conditions. The minimum diameter of the vent pipe to be used on single bowls is four inches and on urinals three inches Pipes must be correspondingly larger as bowls and urinals are added for multiple installations. (See sec. 8 F.)

(B) In placing pipes, right-angled turns must not be used, and an angle not exceeding 45° is to be worked to whenever possible. Horizontal runs or square pipes are prohibited.

(C) All ventilating pipes must run inside of the building and emerge at the ridge of the roof. If impossible to emerge at the ridge or in close proximity to it, then the vent pipe shall extend through the roof to a point above the roof so as to obtain unobstructed draft, and the part so exposed shall be amply protected against frost. The roof terminal of all such vent pipes shall be surmounted with a suitable ventilator so as to insure effective ventilation at all times. Ventilation direct into the smoke flue of a chimney is prohibited.

SEC. 7. Tank.-The tank must be cylindrical or halfround and be made of socalled pure iron or copper bearing steel, of the best grade, equal to that made by the leading manufacturers, and must not be less than fourteen-gauge thickness, or of such material as may be hereafter approved, and equipped with:

(A) Joints substantially welded or made equally durable by some other approved method. All connection joints below the top of the tank subject to liquids must be of such design, material, and construction that they will provide for a proper water-tight joint.

(B) An agitator of substantial construction, so designed and installed that it can, under all conditions, be easily operated and kept clean, and so that it will effectually mix the tank contents.

(C) Suitable openings properly spaced with relation to fixtures tributary to bowls and spaced not less than thirty inches from center to center.

(D) Waste inlets exteding into the tank from one to two inches so as to convey urine direct to the solution in the tank.

(E) Each tank must be covered on the outside at the factory, or on the premises, with one or more coats of effective rust and corrosion resisting covering to secure thorough protection, and the shipment shall also contain a sufficient

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supply of coating which shall be applied at the time of installation so as to cover all abrasions that may have from any cause taken place.

Note. The exterior of unexposed tanks may further be protected by two or more coats of burlap, each laid in hot tar or asphaltum, or some other efficient water-proof compound.

(F) The operating capacity of the tank shall in all cases be based upon the seating capacity of the school, and no such tank shall have a capacity of less than 10 gallons per pupil. One tank of 200 gallons capacity shall be installed for every 20 females or fraction and one tank of like capacity for every 20 males or fraction. All such tanks shall be increased [in the ratio of 10 gallons for each additional 15 square feet of classroom floor area], equivalent to a ratio of 200 gallons for each additional 20 females or males, or fraction, tributary thereto, in accordance with the following table:

Exception: Existing schools actually having a seating capacity of less than 40 pupils may install smaller capacity tanks, but no such smaller tanks shall have a capacity of less than 125 gallons, or less than 10 gallons per pupil, tributary (based upon the seating capacity of the school in accordance with the above table); and no such tank shall be equipped with more than one bowl for females and one bowl and urinal for males, and all such tanks shall be so installed that they can conveniently be drained of their contents and recharged. Note. The above requirements are based upon the following:

1. That the attendance of the different sexes be equally divided.

2. That a nine-months school period is maintained.

3. That the school may be used for community or civic meetings, etc.

4. That deposits per child and other liquids, such as chemical and bowl washings tributary to the tank, shall equal not more than 10 gallons per child for the period stated in (2). For number of bowls and urinals see section 8 (K).

Note. It is recommended that there be one bowl and one urinal for each 15 males and two bowls for each 15 females. Tank capacity must be provided in accordance with section 7 (F).

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SEC. 8. State building code installation requirements.—(A) In addition to the requirements above prescribed, installations hereafter constructed, whether of the inside or outside type, shall conform in every respect as to housing," number of toilets required, design, standards of construction, materials, ventilation, light, location, maintenance, etc., with the minimum standards of the industrial commission's building code and the State board of health's codes (Orders 2202, 2204, 2205, 2208, 5253, 5256, 5257, 5259, and 5618, as modified and set forth in the following):

SEC. 9. Requirements for installation of system.—(A) The materials used on the various units, bowl, urinal, tanks, seats, vents, agitator, tube, roof terminal, dry well, etc., comprising the chemical closet, shall be of proper design and construction and so installed that the highest degree of efficiency possible is obtained.